If you are complaining about Kavanaugh and did not vote in 2016, SHUT UP
AND VOTE THE BASTARDS OUT IN 2018
If you did vote in 2016 make sure you vote in 2018.
We will have no one to blame but ourselves.
I knew this would happen from the moment Flake demanded -- with the support of Collins and Murkowski -- that the vote on Kavanaugh be delayed a week and that an FBI investigation take place during that week.
I knew this would happen when Flake, Collins, and Murkowski said "Tsk, tsk, Trump should not have said those nasty things about Ford."
Maybe Trump isn't so dumb after all. Maybe he knew this was all for show, and he could revert to form without hurting the cause. It was all a pretense to show the vote for Kavanaugh was fair and above board
... Republicans will say. Flake, Collins, and Murkowski's a$$es are covered and they will now vote for Kavanaugh's confirmation.
There will be no mention of Kavanaugh's angry, belligerent, defiant, highly emotional performance at the Senate hearing and that this kind of demeanor has no place on the Supreme Court. That will be forgotten by these three Senators and we will end up with a Trump in the Oval Office and a Trump on the Supreme Court.
That, of course, will thrill Trump's fans to no end.
Try to imagine this. We all can agree Trump's comments mocking Professor Ford at the rally in Mississippi were inappropriate at the very least. Now let us picture Justice Kavanaugh speaking at a law university on a subject near and dear to his heart. Because of this, his presentation is filled with fire and brimstone much like Trump the other night.
That is the kind of man Flake, Collins, Murkowski and the rest of the Republicans want on the Supreme Court. Because of Kavanaugh's character, the scenario I described could easily become very real. It is certainly possible that has already happened. We just don't know about it, and the White House certainly isn't going to tell us.
Kavanaugh will be appointed for life.
Fact: The White House ordered the FBI investigation of the President's Supreme Court nominee and provided the scope of the investigation.
Fact: White House counsel Donald McGahn’s final bit of business
before departing was to get Brett M. Kavanaugh
seated on the Supreme Court. McGahn wrote the instructions for the FBI.
Fact: There are over 1600 pages of the FBI report. There is only one copy for review by 109 persons, 100 Senators and nine staff members.
Fact: Senators can't bring their phones into the SCIF when they go to review the documents. If they take notes, the notes must be left in the room when the senator leaves.
Fact:
Senators are not allowed to discuss or characterize in detail what they've read.
Fact: A procedural vote is set for tomorrow with a confirmation vote of the full Senate slated for Saturday.
Brett Kavanaugh's angry, highly political denunciation of Senate Democrats at his confirmation hearing could reinforce views of his unsuitability for the Supreme Court. During his
testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Supreme Court nominee called the sexual misconduct allegations against him a "calculated and orchestrated political hit" by Democrats angry that Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election. Kavanaugh ripped the Senate confirmation process as a “circus” that has led to smears and threats against his family. “This confirmation process has become a national disgrace. You have replaced advise and consent with search and destroy,” he said in defiance. He lamented that he would no longer be able to teach or coach. At one point he held back tears.
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on Thursday said that high court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, who Stevens once lauded in one of his books, does not belong on the Supreme Court. “At that time, I thought (Kavanaugh) had the qualifications for the Supreme Court should he be selected,” Stevens said. “I’ve changed my views for reasons that have no relationship to his intellectual ability … His performance in the hearings ultimately changed my mind.”
Fact: Appointed by Gerald Ford, Stevens is a life-long Republican, and the third-longest-serving United States Supreme Court Justice by time in office (12,611 days).
The man deserves to be heard!
Fact: Republicans are looking at his performance. Nor are they examining the veracity of his testimony particularly with respect to his drinking habits. They claim the FBI report is complete and the accusations against Kavanaugh were not substantiated.
Fact: If Kavanaugh is confirmed by the Republican Senate, Americans get a chance to voice their views on November 6.